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528: Dan Back on The Natural Foundations of Speed and Athleticism
In this episode, Daniel Back gets into the role of variety, play, and subconscious learning in developing speed and athleticism. He discusses resisted sprinting, why he avoids over-coaching acceleration mechanics, lessons from the dunk community, and the value of broad movement e ... Show More
1h 18m
Aug 6
527: Josh Bray on The Hidden Layers of Athletic Development
In this episode, Josh Bray discusses how endurance training shaped his coaching perspective, the role of games and hidden intention in athletic development, and how roughhousing and free play build adaptable movers. He also explores bucketing athletes as elastic, muscular, or hyb ... Show More
1h 17m
Jul 30
526: 20 Ideas That Changed My Coaching Forever - Joel Smith
Joel Smith shares 20 coaching ideas that permanently reshaped how he trains athletes and himself. Drawing from influential books, mentors, training systems, personal experiments, and hard-earned mistakes, Joel explores intensity and recovery, potentiation, individualized strength ... Show More
1h 13m
Mar 2025
How to Increase Your Speed, Mobility & Longevity with Plyometrics & Sprinting | Stuart McMillan
My guest is Stuart McMillan, a renowned track and field coach who has trained dozens of Olympic medalists, professional athletes, and team coaches across a diverse range of sports. We discuss how to use plyometric work to improve mobility, strength, posture, and overall health.
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3h 1m
Apr 2025
265: Why Sprint and Jump Training Transforms Every Athlete
In this week's episode of the Science for Sport podcast, host Richard Graves welcomes performance coach Michael Fennell, who brings over 22 years of experience in athletics coaching, specialising in long jump and sprints. Michael shares his journey from athlete to coach, includin ... Show More
30m 33s
Feb 2023
152: Optimising Youth Speed Training: They're Not Just Small Adults
In episode 152, Matt Tometz, Performance Coach, joins us. Specifically Matt will be looking at: Why youth athletes need speed Physiological adaptations in youth athletes Speed training in youth vs adults What training with Matt looks like *About Matt "Matt Tometz is a Sports Perf ... Show More
19m 7s
Today’s show welcomes back JB Morin. JB Morin is currently full professor and head of sports science and the physical education department at the University of Saint-Etienne. He has been involved in sport science research for over 15 years, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed journals since 2004. JB is a world-leading researcher on all things sprint r ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2024.2367365" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Human foot muscle strength and its association with sprint acceleration, cutting and jumping performance, and kinetics in high-level athletes ... Show More
